D&D game

[frodo potter]

So, I am finally giving in to my Geek side and am going to start a new D&D gaming group. :)

I am thinking about a game once a month whenever people can get together, at least for now, at my house, though venue is subject to change at whim. ;)

I know some of you are old hands at D&D and are just looking for an excuse to feed your addition. Well, this is the place for you. :D
Some of you, on the other hand, have always walked past the gaming groups saying "what the hell are those weirdos doing?" Well, if you want to find out I will be happy to teach you how to be a weirdo yourself. (ie. come play no matter your skill level.);)

So, on with the poll, pick a day, any day, and we'll see if we can get something going. :cool:

[flippyshark]

If you were in Florida, I'd be there.

[frodo potter]

My poll got eaten by VB:(

What day is good for everyone?
I have 6 options:

1. Friday Sept 5th (7-12 or 1)
2. Sat Sept 6th (afternoon/evening)
3. Sun Sept 7th (afternoon/evening)
4. Fri Sept 12th (7-12 or 1)
5. Sat Sept 13th (afternoon/evening)
6. Sun Sept 14th (afternoon/evening)

If any of these days work for you, just post in the thread, if not, but you still want to play, just post that too. :)

[Sohrshah]

I want to play, whatever, whenever, and thanks for posting to the group.

Once a month people, come on! You know you want to. Frodopotter's a good DM, I promise.

[Chernabog]

I'd like to play. Sundays are best :)

[Sohrshah]

SWEET!

What kind of characters do you like to play?


I'd like to play. Sundays are best :)

[lashbear]

:( <------ My Cheese is Sad. Why couldn't you come here to MY place for the games ? Boo hoo.

[Disneyphile]

:( <------ My Cheese is Sad. Why couldn't you come here to MY place for the games ? Boo hoo.Well, if we can get our Wi-Fi configured... we could always Skype you in. :)

[wendybeth]

I added a poll, per request by Frodo. I allowed multiple choices as there may be several days that would work for participants and might make scheduling easier. Have fun- I wish I could be there to play!

[JWBear]

I haven't played in about 20 years!

[Capt Jack]

dont believe Ive ever actually played D&D in its pure form. many an online or other game based (oft times only vaguely) on D&D like setups, but never the actual dice roll, DM, summoner geek (http://www.gamespot.com/users/imautobot/video_player?id=cHEznjr75b8IuzI) style.

sounds fun!

(yes, mostly I just posted to link that video) :D kinda far for me to go for a D&D game

[BarTopDancer]

I have my die and my character from 1996. I think I also have a MAGIC: The Gathering character around somewhere. But I also have 13 units in school, a full time job and hockey season. I can haz more time plz?

I'd love to play but I'm going to have to be completely non-committal at this point :(

[Morrigoon]

I could probably do it if it's on a weeknight

[LSPoorEeyorick]

The hubby was very into D&D in his younger days - and I've always been curious about it - we'll talk and see when might be good!

[Kevy Baby]

I'm up for some B&D.
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Did anyone here ever play Magic: The Gathering? I was into it for a while, but never went too far with it. I don't seem to possess the RPG gene.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I am a recovered player. But I never really played with a group that got into the roleplaying side of it. We were pretty much pure dice rollers, mowing down monsters and racking up xp.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

What edition of D&D?
Where are you located? (city is fine, not asking you to reveal your address on a public web site :) )

[Chernabog]

Yeah I haven't played actual table D&D since like 5th grade. I've played some CRPGs since then (ok, well, maybe a couple hundred), some of which followed the D&D rules and/or were set in the various D&D universes.

I remember being a DM and everything then, coming up with campaigns, etc. But I always got annoyed because when we played, death was permanent.... which really annoyed me when building up a character. ;)

[Disneyphile]

What edition of D&D?
Where are you located? (city is fine, not asking you to reveal your address on a public web site :) )We're in Garden Grove, about 3 miles from DLR.

And, I think we're sticking to 3rd edition (it's not the brand new one that just released and kinda sucks). Ken will know more about that. I just roll dice and try to come up with fun ways to annoy the DM. :evil:

[Sohrshah]

Have you seen the original, 8-bit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNzL8ZnK6Rw&feature=related) version?

hehehehe

Hey, it's only like 3 hours! :D



dont believe Ive ever actually played D&D in its pure form. many an online or other game based (oft times only vaguely) on D&D like setups, but never the actual dice roll, DM, summoner geek (http://www.gamespot.com/users/imautobot/video_player?id=cHEznjr75b8IuzI) style.

sounds fun!

(yes, mostly I just posted to link that video) :D kinda far for me to go for a D&D game

[Chernabog]

Have you seen the original, 8-bit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNzL8ZnK6Rw&feature=related) version?

hehehehe


Hahah both of those versions are funny for different reasons. But I'm partial to the 8-bit version. Something to do with the fact that I've now beat Final Fantasy 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. ;)

[Prudence]

October is a definite possibility for me.

[Capt Jack]

Have you seen the original, 8-bit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNzL8ZnK6Rw&feature=related) version?

hehehehe



gah. youtube is blocked at work.....and I SOO want to see this!



Hey, it's only like 3 hours! :D

the game or the drive??

[Disneyphile]

October is a definite possibility for me.First night will mostly be spent creating characters anyway, so it'd be easy to add you in.

[Chernabog]

**polishes his +5 Vibrator of Eternal Rapture**

[frodo potter]

To answer the question about which version, we will be playing a mish-mash of 3.0, 3.5 and whatever sh*t i make up on the side. :evil:
To me it's more about the role playing than the rules so much. Therefore I am all over the place, taking ideas I like from books, other games, bathroom stalls, hobos I meet on the street, you know whatever. :D

[Disneyphile]

To answer the question about which version, we will be playing a mish-mash of 3.0, 3.5 and whatever sh*t i make up on the side. :evil:
Just chill on all the damn bugbears this time, will ya? :p Or, I just might have to come up with more silliness like last time - "While our trusty paladin tries to negotiate with the bugbear leader, I break out a deck of cards that I stole from the last tavern and deal out a game of Old Mage and invite the rest of the party to join in. Each round requires the losers to strip off one piece of armor..." ;)

The cool thing - I'm married to the DM, so he can't just kill me out of frustration and still expect to sleep in our bed that night. :evil:

[Prudence]

First night will mostly be spent creating characters anyway, so it'd be easy to add you in.

Might even be two of us joining in. One experienced, one (me) not. Well, I have experience in causing chaos...

[Disneyphile]

Well, I have experience in causing chaos...Me thinks you'll be chaotic neutral. ;)

[lashbear]

Maybe I can play by Skype? I have dice and a pewter female mage figurine... (Loved being the easy gal of the party...) just need to find the old blank character sheets and the old rulebooks...

Skype sounds real good, actually... "Oh gee, look at that, rolled a 20 again... too bad the DM can't see my dice.. Hehehehehe."

[frodo potter]

I used to play with a group where 1 member was in Texas and played by phone and you would be surprised at the number of 20s she rolled as well

[BDBopper]

My brother plays this game all the time, in fact his group plays most every week. Other than that I know absolutely nothing about the game. I am curious though.

[Sohrshah]

[QUOTE=Capt Jack;234496 the game or the drive??[/QUOTE]

The drive is only about 3 hours, right? Plus there are lots of couches in the area.

[Sohrshah]

Maybe I can play by Skype? I have dice and a pewter female mage figurine... (Loved being the easy gal of the party...) just need to find the old blank character sheets and the old rulebooks...

Skype sounds real good, actually... "Oh gee, look at that, rolled a 20 again... too bad the DM can't see my dice.. Hehehehehe."

Play by Skype? Oh, how modern! :) I think that's a fine idea! Though we'll have to have you show us your die rolling on camera, or someone will have to keep a percentage table on the number of 20s you rolls- and ones you don't...

[BDBopper]

In this modern world we live in isn't there somewhere on the Net where you can roll a die for D&D? Someone has got to have thought of that one

[SzczerbiakManiac]

In this modern world we live in isn't there somewhere on the Net where you can roll a die for D&D? Someone has got to have thought of that oneThere are lots of die-rolling apps out there. In fact, here's one for the iPhone that I think is pretty damn nifty:
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/08/21/mach-dice-roll-for-i.html

WotC (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome) is going to be rolling out some time in 2009 a digital platform that will enable players in remote locations to play at the same virtual D&D table. It is not an MMO! I saw it previewed at Gen Con and it looks pretty nice. It's part of D&D Insider (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/insider).

[flippyshark]

In this modern world we live in isn't there somewhere on the Net where you can roll a die for D&D? Someone has got to have thought of that one

There are a number of such services. Here's a place to make a classic d20 roll. (http://hamete.org/dserver/dice)

[flippyshark]

Oh, and here's a group that has quite the Skye D&D setup going. (http://www.allthingsdork.com/?p=427)

[BarTopDancer]

Every unnecessary roll is a wasted roll.

[Sohrshah]

So what's the story with scheduling dork-time?

[Disneyphile]

I think we're looking at Sunday, the 14th from 3pm-9pm, if that will work for everyone.

Once we're set up, we'll make an email list to decide the next date and time that would be best for everyone, and always do that about 2 weeks prior to each game day.

Also, we're looking at using our large outdoor patio for this (whenever weather permits), mainly because of space reasons, but also for ambience - we can light the fire pit and candle lanterns, and even fire up the grill if we want to cook. And, if anyone gets a bit chilly, we can plug in our heat dish out there too.

[Sohrshah]

I think we're looking at Sunday, the 14th from 3pm-9pm, if that will work for everyone.

Once we're set up, we'll make an email list to decide the next date and time that would be best for everyone, and always do that about 2 weeks prior to each game day.

Also, we're looking at using our large outdoor patio for this (whenever weather permits), mainly because of space reasons, but also for ambience - we can light the fire pit and candle lanterns, and even fire up the grill if we want to cook. And, if anyone gets a bit chilly, we can plug in our heat dish out there too.

Oh, SWEET! I LOVE this idea! Is [good] beer allowed?

Also, if space becomes an issue, I offer up my space, too. It's pretty open, though I only have so many seats right now.

[frodo potter]

Ok, so can I get a tentative head count for Sunday Sept 14th.

[Sohrshah]

Ok, so can I get a tentative head count for Sunday Sept 14th.

Raises her hand.

[Morrigoon]

Not knowing my schedule, I'm going to guess that I won't be able to play on the 14th, but keep me on the list for future games (perhaps the DM will be kind enough to revive and play with my old character. Minus the ability to attract pink fuzzy bunnies ;))